His performance has sparked further talk of a possible return to Old Trafford this summer, with the no-nonsense defender a product of United’s academy system.

McGuiness worked with him while part of that set-up and believes that Jose Mourinho should be looking at Keane to bolster his back line, with there every reason to believe that he can offer more than former target Hummels, who was eyed before leaving Borussia Dortmund for Bayern Munich.

"A year or so ago, United were being linked with Hummels,” McGuiness told the Daily Telegraph.

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“If you watched that game against Germany and you were looking for a player for the future, you'd pick Michael Keane above Hummels.

"He's quicker, better in the air and decent with his feet. He's not as experienced as Hummels but he knows the club, he's a United player really in that sense, so he'd tick a lot of boxes.